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Senior Amateur Golf Tour
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WELCOME TO THE
2014 SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR
Meadowlands Country Club
Tournament on May 1, 2014
e-newsletter
April 27, 2014
As always, if you have any questions, or need any assistance, please call me at 336-495-6556, or email me at behgolf@aol.com. I look forward to hearing from you.
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Raleigh/Pinehurst Senior Tour Point Standings
Triad Senior Tour Point Standings
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WELCOME
2014 Senior Tour
CELEBRATING
THE 20th SEASON OF THE AMATEUR GOLFWEEK TOUR!
As you recall, Meadowlands has long rolling fairways and luscious bent grass greens. However, don't be lulled to sleep, if you are not careful it will snap you back to reality very quickly and cause you to card some big scores on some holes.
But if you pay attention, low scores can be had.
Meadowlands was designed and created by Hale Irwin, one of the games greatest players and is a golf course that is both rewarding and challenging.
Arrive early enough to take advantage of their practice facility which has an excellent driving range, short game area and putting green that should help you mentally shave a few strokes off your score.
Expect your peers to have already signed-up. You know the drill - to sign-up call Bruce Hallenbeck at 336-495-6556 or email him at behgolf@aol.com
Club Address & Info:
Meadowlands Golf Club
542 Meadowlands Drive
Winston-Salem, NC 27107
(336) 769-1011
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2012 Senior Amateur Golf Tour Schedule Pinehurst/Raleigh/Triad Tour
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Tournament at Meadowlands Golf Club
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Club Directions
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2013 Defending Flight Winners &
Top 3 Places:
CHAMPIONSHIP (6417 yds)
Mike Smith, Lewisville 72
Eric Ardery, Durham 73
Arch Reed, Pinehurst 73
A FLIGHT (5919 yds)
Wilson Shelton, Madison 72
Mike Greene, Lewisville 74
Cecil Lockley, Creedmoor 76
Jim Alford, Zebulon 76
Randy Bunn, Zebulon 76
B FLIGHT (5919 yds)
Dawson Strider, Advance 77
John Henely, Pinehurst 80
Cliff Nance, Lumberton 81
Lewis Herndon, Graham 81
C FLIGHT (5919 yds)
Sindo Mayor, Charlotte 80
Brian Costine, Durham 85
Dennis Bryant, Sophia 86
To reserve your place and to sign-up, please reply to this email, sign-up on-line or call Bruce Hallenbeck.
336-495-6556
behgolf@aol.com
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All From The Comfort Of Your Home and In Only 30 Minutes A Day.
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From: Stephen Ladd – Founder, Renegade Golf Fitness Institute
Are you serious about your golf game? I mean obsessed with crushing your drives, sticking your irons and draining putts? Not to mention becoming top dog in your foursome?
I thought so…
No doubt you’ve noticed the rise in popularity of fitness programs for the top players on all the Tours. Maybe you’ve started a fitness program in hopes of adding more power and distance, but aren’t getting the results you were hoping for . . or even worse, you end up injured and can’t play at all.
There is one primary reason for this, and I’m going to tell you all about it. But first, let me introduce myself.
My name is Stephen Ladd, and my obsession is training golfers as athletes, and developing their bodies to better use their golf skills and play to their peak potential. I have been doing just that for over 16 years… long before the “golf fitness” craze began.
I have been trained and certified through the most prestigious golf fitness organizations in the world, including The Titleist Performance Institute and CHEK Institute.
Read more about:
THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR
CAROLINA TRACE COUNTRY CLUB
TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT
HOCKENSMITH RECOVERS FOR SENIOR TOUR WIN AT CAROLINA TRACE
Sanford, NC
April 24, 2014
Ron Hockensmith of Whispering Pines was disappointed after posting a somewhat lackluster 40 on the front side of today's Senior Amateur Golf Tour event at Carolina Trace Country Club - The Creek Course.
To make matters worse, the Championship Flight player started the back nine with a triple bogey on hole # 10. "At that point I thought I was just playing out the string", said Hockensmith.
However he quickly turned things around, registering 3 birdies on the final 8 holes to finish with a 76 and a 1-shot victory over Thomasville's Dan Anthony. To make it even sweeter, one of those back-side birdies held up for a Skin in the event Skins Pool.
While they did play from tees that were almost 400 yards shorter than that of their Champ Flight counterparts, Charlotte's Steve Romito and McLeansville's Ron Brady were able to equal their 1st and 2nd place scores with a 76 and 77 respectively in A Flight competition. "They were the only 2 guys in the flight to break 80" noted Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck. "Those scores were impressive".
James Jones of Raleigh continued his strong B Flight play this season with another win. His 81 was 1 clear of Pinehurst's Tom Kubla and Mike Allison of Durham.
The C Flight also saw a repeat winner with Raleigh's Jim Tesch posting the only sub-90 round of the day in the flight with an 89. Dwight Davis of Pittsboro was runner-up with a 91.
Next up for the Seniors is The Meadowlands Golf Club near Kernersville on May 1. There are spots available for that event after 2 consecutive sell-outs "on-Tour". Any amateur golfer over 50 can contact Hallenbeck at 336-495-6556 for information on competing in that event.
CAROLINA TRACE COUNTRY CLUB (CREEK COURSE) EVENT
CHAMPIONSHIP (6298 yds)
Ron Hockensmith, Whispering Pines 76
Dan Anthony, Thomasville 77
Mark Craige, Raleigh 79
Bob Kober, Colfax 81
Craig Sturdivant, Sanford 82
Joey Moffitt, High Point 82
A FLIGHT (5905 yds)
Steve Romito, Charlotte 76
Ron Brady, McLeansville 77
Wayne Denton, Clayton 80
Jim Alford, Zebulon 80
William Lee, Charlotte 80
B FLIGHT (5905 yds)
James Jones, Raleigh 81
Tom Kubla, Pinehurst 82
Mike Allison, Durham 82
Darrell Canady, Clayton 83
Chuck Smith, Sanford 85
Dick Schuler, Pittsboro 85
C FLIGHT (5905 yds)
Jim Tesch, Raleigh 89
Dwight Davis, Pittsboro 91
Barry Whitesell, Greensboro 93
Mike Hunter, Greewnsboro 94
Tom Miller, Clayton 94
Brian Costine, Durham 94
Where Will You Be in the 2014 Season Ending Point Standings Race?
There are only two ways to get to the year ending National Tournament - win one of the four majors or be one of the Top 15 point earners in your flight.
As you plot your tour schedule, be cognizant of the fact, only the top 15 are guaranteed access. Usually, most flight races are tight and depends on how well you play and of course how many tour dates you participate in during 2014.
Do you know how many tournaments you will need to play and what place you will need to finish in each tournament to ensure you have your automatic invitation?
During the 2014 Tour, To see where you stand* click below:
Click Here for Sr. Tour 2014 Schedule
Senior Amateur Golf Tour Schedule
Triad and Raleigh-Pinehurst Tour
Rules Review
It has been suggested that there should be a series of Rules scenarios for you to solve. So begins a series of problems titled What's the Score?
Doc Miller has graciously agreed to allow me to share these with you that he has been sending since July 2009.
I will include one each week. You should try to determine the answer based upon your knowledge of the Rules when ever possible and then use your Rule book to confirm.
There will be no trick questions or hidden information.
If you do not have a Rules of Golf book handy, go to: usga.org/Rule-Books and-Decisions
Question from week #248:
Rule 18-2 says if a player, his partner or either of their caddies, or the equipment of player/partner touches it purposely or causes his ball in play to move, except as permitted under the Rules, the player is penalized one stroke and the ball must be replaced.
Which one of the following would not result in a penalty to the player?
A. With his ball sitting in the fairway, a player accidentally moves his ball with a practice swing.
B. With his ball unmarked on the putting green, while using his towel to disperse clumps of sand from the putting green, the player moves his ball.
C. A players ball sits on pine straw on the edge of a wooded area. When removing an interfering pine cone, the ball moves about 1/4 inch down into the straw.
D. In order to identify his ball in the rough, a player uses his finger to steady his ball, while he moves some interfering blades of grass that block the view. Neither the ball is moved nor the lie of the ball altered.
Answer:
Only B does not result in a penalty (R23-1).
“A” results in a 1-stroke penalty and the ball must be replaced.
For why “C” results in a 1-stroke penalty, see the definition of “moved” and Rule18-2a. The ball must be replaced. Failure to replace in either case “A” or “C” results in a 2-stroke penalty (what Tiger got nailed with).
“D” is a one stroke penalty also under Rule 18-2a for purposely touching his ball in play. Nothing to replace here, you just can’t purposely touch it unless permitted by a Rule.
Senior Amateur Full Leaderboard
Carolina Trace Country Club
April 23, 2014
TEES BY FLIGHT:
Champ - Blue Tees: Rating-72.0; Slope-125; Ydg- 6298
A,B & C-White Tees: Rating- 71.0; Slope-123; Ydg-5905
2014 Senior Amateur
Golf Tour Schedule
Raleigh/Pinehurst and Triad Tours
TTour Weather Guidelines
Primarily, we adhere to the same guidelines that the PGA Tour uses: If Primarily, the course is open, we're going to play.
The only exception to this is that I'll never put any of you in harm's way during an event because of dangerous weather. (i.e. - lightening or severe cold and wetness).
In other words, I won't let the course "bully" us into playing where an unsafe condition might exist.
Because I arrive at every event at least two hours prior to the start time and I generally have to leave my house at least an hour before that to get to the course, there is no sense calling me just before the event, because I won't be at the office. The best avenue to take is to call the course if the weather seems threatening.
If you are on the roster for the event, and you do not get a cancellation notice from the course after calling them, you are expected to show up in time for the scheduled shotgun start.
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